" ... state courts may interpret the United States Constitution independently from, and even contrary to, federal courts," they continued.
Wrong.
“The interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment enunciated by this Court in the Brown case is the supreme law of the land, and Art. VI of the Constitution makes it of binding effect on the States "any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." P.358 U. S. 18.
No state legislator or executive or judicial officer can war against the Constitution without violating his solemn oath to support it. P. 358 U. S. 18.”
Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
The Alabama Supreme Court's ruling is reckless, irresponsible, and unwarranted, exhibiting ignorance of, and contempt for, the Constitution and its case law.